U.S. shrimp association says FDA import refusals on the rise

Thirty percent of the 169 seafood shipments that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused in April were shrimp products containing banned antibiotics, the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) reported on Monday.

The shrimp fishermen and processors’ association added that the FDA has refused 191 entry lines of shrimp products thus far this year for banned antibiotics. SSA described FDA’s efforts as an “unprecedented initiative.”

For the year, FDA has reported refusing 129 entry lines of shrimp shipped from Malaysia for reasons related to veterinary drug residues, 29 from Vietnam, 23 from India, 9 from China, and one from Indonesia.

The increase in FDA refusals of shrimp antibiotic contamination, SSA said, is occurring simultaneous to increases in shrimp import volumes and declines in the average unit values (AUVs) of these imports. 

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